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J. DENVER.

GAB. BASKET RACK. I No. 309,033. Patented Dec. 9, 1884.

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JAMES DENVER, OF NEWV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE NEW HAVEN CAR TRIMMING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR- BASKET RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,033, dated December 9, 1884.

Application filed September 15, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES DENVER, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Car-Basket-Rack Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents a perspective view.

This invention relates to an improvement in the racks, or what are called baskets, in railway-carsthat is to say, the racks which are arranged near the ceiling in the car to receive packages, &c. In the usual construction these racks consist of a bracket at each end with a basket-like body between. While these racks or baskets afford convenience for holding packages, they are not properly fitted for hanging articles thereon, such as hats, The object of my invention is to provide these racks with a device upon which hats and like articles may be convenientlyhung; and it consists in constructing the bracket with a vertically-projecting hanger, as more fully hereinafter described.

A represents the bracket which forms one end of the basket, and may be of any of the 0 usual forms. At its front endI cast or attach thereto a hanger, B. This hanger is in the form of a vertical pin, andin shape as to conveniently receive a hat or thing to be hung thereon. Other shapes, however, maybe em- 35 A railway-car basket constructed with an 45 upwardly-projecting pin, B, substantially as described.

JAMES DENVER.

Witnesses:

E. B. NOBLE, GEO. GREGORY. 

